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Trojan Virus By Forbes and Mark. What is a Trojan virus Trojans are malicious programs that perform actions that have not been authorised by the user.

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1 Trojan Virus By Forbes and Mark

2 What is a Trojan virus Trojans are malicious programs that perform actions that have not been authorised by the user.

3 How you can become infected 1 - Backdoor A backdoor Trojan gives malicious users remote control over the infected computer. They enable the author to do anything they wish on the infected computer – including sending, receiving, launching and deleting files, displaying data and rebooting the computer. Backdoor Trojans are often used to unite a group of victim computers to form a botnet or zombie network that can be used for criminal purposes.

4 How you can become infected 2

5 How you can become infected 3 - Rootkit Rootkits are designed to conceal certain objects or activities in your system. Often their main purpose is to prevent malicious programs being detected – in order to extend the period in which programs can run on an infected computer.

6 How you can become infected 4 - Trojan-DDoS These programs conduct DoS (Denial of Service) attacks against a targeted web address. By sending multiple requests – from your computer and several other infected computers – the attack can overwhelm the target address… leading to a denial of service.

7 Purpose's To perform automated spamming or to distribute Denial-of-service attacks Keystroke logging Modification or deletion of files Using computer resources for Bitcoin mining. Using infected computer as proxy for illegal activities and attacks on other computers. Downloading and installing software, including third-party malware and ransom ware

8 In the News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7701227.stm

9 End -Sorce http://www.kaspersky.com/internet-security- center/threats/trojans


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